Where does “trunkering” come from?

trunkering (Swedish) comes from Swedish trunkera, from French tronquer, from Latin trunco, from Latin truncus, from Proto-Indo-European twerḱ- — to carve, cut off, trim.

trunkering (Swedish): truncation

Definitions

  1. truncation

Ancestry of “trunkering”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishtrunkeratruncate
2Frenchtronquerto truncate; to shorten, cut
3LatintruncoI maim or mutilate by cutting off pieces; I...
4Latintruncuslopped, docked; maimed, mangled, mutilated; A...
5Proto-Indo-Europeantwerḱ-to carve, cut off, trim
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